One Another's Equals: The Basis of Human Equality

This enlightening inquiry into the nature of human equality reveals the vital importance of this basic Western principle—"an important new book" (Robert B. Reich, New York Times Book Review).

An enduring theme of Western philosophy is that we are all one another's equals. Yet the principle of basic equality is woefully under-explored in modern moral and political philosophy. In a major new work, Jeremy Waldron attempts to remedy that shortfall with a subtle and multifaceted account of the b...